{"id":3486,"date":"2016-03-30T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2016-03-30T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:42:09","slug":"emotions-matter-a-presentation-by-dr-marc-brackett-director-of-the-yale-center-for-emotional-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=3486","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEmotions Matter:\u201d A Presentation by Dr. Marc Brackett Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Marc_Brackett_Yale_Center_for_Emotional_Intelligence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3489 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Photo courtesy Wikipedia.org\" src=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Marc_Brackett_Yale_Center_for_Emotional_Intelligence-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Marc_Brackett_Yale_Center_for_Emotional_Intelligence\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Trumbull Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Gary Cialfi, is encouraging parents and their middle and high school students, as well as members of the general public, to attend a presentation by Dr. Marc Brackett, Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and one of the world\u2019s leading experts on the subject.\u00a0 The presentation will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, in the Trumbull High School Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Brackett made a profound impression on the entire Trumbull Public Schools staff as the convocation keynote speaker in August and we\u2019re very fortunate to have secured his time to share his insights with our parents, students, and the general public,\u201d Cialfi said. \u201cClearly, we knew immediately that Trumbull students and parents would be well served with his presentation if he could be available for an evening session.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The focus of Brackett\u2019s presentation will be on why emotions matter significantly in school and everyday life.\u00a0 In this presentation, he will share the results of a large-scale survey that provides insights to the emotional lives of our nation\u2019s teens.\u00a0 Key components include:\u00a0 (1) the role of emotions in learning, decision making, relationships, mental health, and academic performance; (2) means to measure to emotional intelligence; and (3) the development of emotional intelligence among adolescents and teens.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being an exceptionally-engaging speaker, Dr. Brackett has published over 100 scholarly articles and received numerous awards, including the Joseph E. Zins Award for his research on social and emotional learning. He is the co-creator of RULER, an evidence-based approach to teaching social and emotional learning that has been adopted by more than 1,000 public and private schools reaching nearly one million students, including their educators and families.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to attend are requested to RSVP by sending an e-mail as soon as possible to TrumbullRSVP@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trumbull Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Gary Cialfi, is encouraging parents and their middle and high school students, as well as members of the general public, to attend a presentation by Dr. Marc&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3490,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}